Heavenly Ever After: mawkish and confounding K-drama

Kim Hye-ja as Hae-sook in a still from Korean drama series Heavenly Ever After. Son Suk-ku, Han Ji-min and Lee Jung-sun co-star. Photo: Online

This article contains major spoilers.

2/5 stars

Lead cast: Kim Hye-ja, Son Suk-ku, Han Ji-min, Lee Jung-sun

Latest Nielsen rating: 8.35 per cent

Deeply rooted in melodrama, Korean TV shows like to present broad worlds populated with a characters who, despite their apparent differences, will eventually discover a connection.

Leave any two K-drama protagonists on screen together long enough, and chances are they will fall in love or realise that they are related to one another.